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[Feature] F-Droid #67

Open dimqua opened 5 years ago

dimqua commented 5 years ago

I think it'd be nice to add such a good app to the F-Droid app store. :-) Don't you mind? (I have to ask.)

Currently the app uses Firebase SDK, Google Play Services and a few JARs. They are prohibited by F-Droid rules. Is it possible to build this app without them?

Besides, the latest Play Store release (3.1.4) is not tagged. Is this a mistake?

IzzySoft commented 5 years ago

Also, our scanner found some JARs (we don't allow JARs, all must be build from source):

WARNING: Found JAR file at mobile/libs/ZHConverter.jar
WARNING: Found JAR file at mobile/libs/pinyin4j-2.5.0.jar

Could you please take care for them as well? You could e.g. include their source trees as git submodules.

fython commented 5 years ago

@dimqua It's difficult to remove FCM because we use it to receive push message for latest status. I will consider a way to balance the two and try to add into the F-Droid store.

fython commented 5 years ago

@IzzySoft Oops... Thanks for your reminder. I should obey license carefully. These days I will check it.

IzzySoft commented 5 years ago

Thanks @fython! As for FCM: there are alternatives. I don't know them in detail (I'm no dev), but e.g. Tutanota has implemented their own, plus there are 2 (or more?) FOSS libraries I've heard from (unfortunately I always forget their names).

fython commented 5 years ago

@IzzySoft How does Tutanota implement instant push service, use a foreground service and keep connection to their own servers (or user custom servers)? I want to try not to do this. It's not good if every apps keep their own push service. They will cost a lot of battery life.

In China Mainland, Google & API have been blocked for many years. Most apps (including not only social apps) build own services, which causes my phone runs slowly. That's a bad experience.

I expect a solution to provide a push service similar to FCM: A push library for our apps and a backend app for keeping a connection and forwarding push message to each apps. If anyone find some solutions, please share with me. I will be very grateful! Thanks!

IzzySoft commented 5 years ago

How does Tutanota implement instant push service …

I'm no dev, so I cannot explain – but there was an Article on it at F-Droid: How Tutanota replaced Google’s FCM with their own notification system. And I wish I'd remember the other two…

IzzySoft commented 4 years ago

@fython any progress on this? My snippet here contains a few hints on push messaging alternatives which might help. Do you see a chance to get the app "F-Droid ready"?

fython commented 4 years ago

@IzzySoft Thank you for still paying attention to the progress of my project. Since the API used by the project is temporarily unavailable, I put aside its update until I have a more suitable API to use, and the preparations for release on F-Droid may become more uncertain.

I am sorry to bring this news. At the same time, thank you very much for sharing this information. I will consider trying free push service solutions in other projects.

IzzySoft commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the update! Indeed I was hoping for better news – but can't be helped… Best luck then! :crossed_fingers: Just let us know when we can pick up again.

IzzySoft commented 3 years ago

@fython looks like my wishes have not been granted: didn't hear back from you, and there were no changes to the code published either. I hope it's OK with you if we close the request at F-Droid's end, as it's unlikely we can process it. Should the situation change, be welcome to ping us and we can pick up again.

fython commented 3 years ago

@fython looks like my wishes have not been granted: didn't hear back from you, and there were no changes to the code published either. I hope it's OK with you if we close the request at F-Droid's end, as it's unlikely we can process it. Should the situation change, be welcome to ping us and we can pick up again.

@IzzySoft No problem. I'm sorry for not pushing forward because I don’t have enough time to maintain the project. Anyway, thank you very much for your help and follow up.

fython commented 3 years ago

Just keep this issue open because it's still a good feature to support.

IzzySoft commented 3 years ago

Yes, please do! I just had to apply some house-keeping on our end as it began to become unmaintainable. Hundreds of open issues with many we just could process, which were stalled, etc.